[cobbler] Restoring an inherited value for a child profile?

Zack Perry zack.perry at sbcglobal.net
Wed Nov 21 03:53:20 UTC 2012


I have a profile that is created using the command:

cobbler profile add --name=... --parent=... 

The child profile's 'Template Files' attribute originally inherited
from its parent. For testing, I changed it using 

cobbler profile edit --name=... 

Once I was done, I thought that the defaults in the parent profile
were sufficient, so I wanted to restore the <<inherit>> value.  But,
neither cobbler profile edit --help nor man cobbler offer any hints
how to do so. I tried the cobbler web UI as a last resort, no dice
either.

Yeah, I can cobbler profile remove --name=... to delete the modified
child profile and then recreate it.  It's not that hard, but 
conceptually it's uneconomical :-(

So the Q: is it possible to restore an inherited value for a profile
attribute?  If so, what is the correct work flow?

Regards,

--Zack


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